Event 43 - $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha Hi/Lo Day 1 | 2008 World Series of Poker

06-24-2008 12:25 UTC-8

Some Later Arrivals

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David Benyamine, Joe Hachem, and Michael Binger are among those who arrived late for today's event.

06-24-2008 12:30 UTC-8

The Field So Far

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We just passed the 700 mark for today's field. We're up to 701 entrants and with about 30 minutes left to go before registration closes that number should tick upwards a bit.

06-24-2008 12:41 UTC-8

Another player in the field came over to the table Jean-Robert Bellande is playing at. When he saw Bellande's chip stack he immediately inquired "How the hell did you get all those?"

Bellande's response was genuine: "Got my money in with the worst of it and got there. Anytime you can get it in and get there with the worst of it you can make a lot of money."

This isn't entirely true. In the hands we've seen with Bellande, he's certainly had the best of it.

06-24-2008 12:48 UTC-8

Perry Friedman Has Been Eliminated

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Perry Friedman raised to 600 under the gun and the button and big blind both called. The flop came {J-Spades}

and when Friedman bet his last 500 the button folded but the player in the big blind made the call. He held {A-Diamonds}

for the set of jacks to Friedman's {K-Spades}

. The

on the turn and {9-Diamonds}

on the river gave the other player a full house and Friedman's day came to an end.

06-24-2008 12:52 UTC-8

Murphy Chops, Brenes Out

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After a preflop raise of 300, Humberto Brenes flopped a costly board.

Flop: {4-Clubs}

The original raiser led out for 900 and Humberto called, but John Murphy moved all in for an additional 1,325. After the original raiser called, Brenes was priced in for his nut flush draw holding {4-Diamonds}

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Brenes didn't get there, though Murphy, holding {2-Clubs}

did manage to flop the nut low and chopped with his opponent who had flopped top and bottom pair.

06-24-2008 13:03 UTC-8

On Break

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The players have just left on a 20-minute break.

Level: 3

Blinds: 75/150

Ante: 0

06-24-2008 13:27 UTC-8

And We're Back

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The players are back from break and cards are in the air.

06-24-2008 13:31 UTC-8

Clonie Gowen Has Been Eliminated

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Clonie flopped the nut flush draw to her opponent's top pair/wheel draw, but when she didn't catch the heart she needed to make her flush Gowen was eliminated.

06-24-2008 13:33 UTC-8

Seat Open!

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The final number of entrants to todays field is 720, but in just the first two hours of the event we've already lost nearly 100 players. We continue to hear the infamous "Seat open!" being yelled over and over throughout today's tournament area and as the blind levels increase we expect to hear it even more.